2013-2014 College Football Coaching Carousel

RTR91 · Dec 2, 2013

Now that the regular season is over for many, coaches will be fired, hired, and quit.

I'll try to update this with info and make more of an actual list as things happen.

List of vacancies and coaches hired:

USC: Lane Kiffin fired (Steve Sarkisian)
FAU: Bo Pelini fired (Charlie Partridge, Arkansas DL coach)
Florida: OC Brent Pease fired (Duke OC Kurt Roper hired)
UCONN: Notre Dame DC Bob Diaco
Washington: Sark leaves for USC (Chris Peterson)
Wake Forest: Jim Grobe resigns (Dave Clawson)
Miami of Ohio: hires Chuck Martin, Notre Dame OC
Grambling State: hires Broderick Fobbs
Boise State: Peterson leaves for Washington (Brian Harsin)
Bowling Green State: Clawson leaves for Wake Forest (Dino Babers)
Arkansas State: Brian Harsin leaves for Boise (UNC offensive coordinator Blake Anderson)
Eastern Illinois (FCS): Dino Babers leaves for Bowling Green
Army: Rich Ellerson fired (Georgia Southern coach Jeff Monken)
UMASS: Charley Molnar fired (Mark Whipple)
Penn State: Bill O'Brien leaves for Houston Texans (James Franklin)
Texas: Mack Brown resigns/forced out (Charlie Strong)
Louisville: Charlie Strong leaves for Texas (Bobby Petrino)
Western Kentucky: Petrino leaves to go back to Louisville (Jeff Brohm)
Vandy: James Franklin leaves for Penn State (Derek Mason)
UAB: Garrick McGee left to be OC at Louisville (Bill Clark)

NFL vacancies:
Houston: Gary Kubiak fired (Bill O'Brien)
Minnesota: Leslie Frazier fired (Mike Zimmer)
Cleveland: Rob Chudzinski fired (Mike Pettine)
Washington: Mike Shannahan fired (Jay Gruden)
Tampa Bay: Greg Schiano fired (Lovie Smith)
Detroit: Jim Schwartz fired (Jim Caldwell)
Tennessee: Mike Munchak fired (Ken Wisenhunt)

crimsonbleeder · Dec 2, 2013

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RTR91 said:
Now that the regular season is over for many, coaches will be fired, hired, and quit.

Talk about USC's replacement for Lane Kiffin has picked up in the last day or two. Chris Peterson and James Franklin are two popular names for the job. Vandy folks say Franklin has not talked to anyone from USC.

Florida fired OC Brent Pease yesterday.

I'll try to update this with info and make more of an actual list as things happen.

Hasn't it already been published that Peterson turned down USC?

Snuffy Smith · Dec 2, 2013

CBS reporting Sarkesian to USC

No surprise

Snuffy Smith · Dec 2, 2013

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twofbyc · Dec 2, 2013

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Lizards also fired oline coach, fwiw....

CapstoneGrad06 · Dec 2, 2013

Re: CBS reporting Sarkesian to USC

I think Washington might look to Coach Nuss.

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selmaborntidefan · Dec 2, 2013

Re: CBS reporting Sarkesian to USC

So you replace Lane Kiffin with a guy who has a worse PAC 12 record than Lane Kiffin?

selmaborntidefan · Dec 2, 2013

Re: CBS reporting Sarkesian to USC

Or even McElwain at CSU.

But they need to consider Gus or Franklin first.

alabama mike1 · Dec 2, 2013

Re: CBS reporting Sarkesian to USC

ESPN is also reporting the samething.

TideEngineer08 · Dec 2, 2013

Re: CBS reporting Sarkesian to USC

selmaborntidefan said:
So you replace Lane Kiffin with a guy who has a worse PAC 12 record than Lane Kiffin?

He did good things at Washington. Not sure how much more a coach could do there these days.

Special K · Dec 2, 2013

Re: CBS reporting Sarkesian to USC

Southern Cal is settling. Nussmeier may very well be gone to UW. Too bad, I think he's a good OC.

BigEasyTider · Dec 2, 2013

Re: CBS reporting Sarkesian to USC

selmaborntidefan said:
But they need to consider Gus or Franklin first.

Gus wouldn't go to Washington any more than Saban would go to Georgia State. Washington will either have to promote from within or go the young HC / OC route again.

JBama_in_PCOLA · Dec 2, 2013

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Just saw... Wow!

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B1GTide · Dec 2, 2013

Re: CBS reporting Sarkesian to USC

This is a poor choice, but I am always happy to see weak head coaches at power-house schools. Washington lost to all 4 ranked teams in the PAC this year. Their only decent win was over an 8-4 Boise State team.

tidefanbeezer · Dec 2, 2013

Re: CBS reporting Sarkesian to USC

I don't understand this move by USC. They can have almost any coach they want and they choose Sarkesian?

He's barely over .500 and has some bad losses on his resume. What is the appeal?

Special K · Dec 2, 2013

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B1GTide said:
This is a poor choice, but I am always happy to see weak head coaches at power-house schools. Washington lost to all 4 ranked teams in the PAC this year. Their only decent win was over an 8-4 Boise State team.

Yep, and they (UW) had 20 starters back on that team.

MN-Tide · Dec 2, 2013

Re: CBS reporting Sarkesian to USC

Special K said:
Southern Cal is settling. Nussmeier may very well be gone to UW. Too bad, I think he's a good OC.

While I would hate to lose him, CNS can always attract the best and brightest assistant coaches. They know being an assistant under Saban is a great stepping stone to a head coaching job.

dayhiker · Dec 2, 2013

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MN-Tide said:
While I would hate to lose him, CNS can always attract the best and brightest assistant coaches. They know being an assistant under Saban is a great stepping stone to a head coaching job.

I hear Pease is looking again

Special K · Dec 2, 2013

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dayhiker said:
I hear Pease is looking again

Please, Lord, no. Then I would have 2 reasons this week to drink bleach.

GrayTide · Dec 2, 2013

Re: CBS reporting Sarkesian to USC

If Coach Nussmeier is hired by Washington look for CNS to hire an OC who runs the HUNH offense.

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